This article gives details about the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys" and their alleged assault of Ruby Bates and Victoria Price ("one of the most brutal attacks in the history of the Tennessee Valley").

This article discusses the upcoming trial of the nine "Scottsboro Boys," were were falsely charged with assaulting two white women on a train. The piece commends the local citizens for allowing the authorities to handle the matter, promising that...

Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the...

This article gives an account of the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys," which was submitted by a traveling salesman. It describes the appearance and behavior of the nine young men and the two women they were accused of assaulting, and it mentions...

This article discusses a message sent by the International Labor Defense, demanding the release of the recently convicted "Scottsboro Boys." The nine young men were falsely charged with the "criminal assault" of two white women on a train, and...

This article discusses the rioting in the Etowah County jail by eight of the "Scottsboro Boys," who had been convicted and given the death penalty: "When finally quieted and asked what was the matter, one of the negroes replied, 'We just don't like...

This article gives details about the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys" and their alleged assault of Ruby Bates and Victoria Price ("one of the most horrible ever perpetrated in the United States"). Three National Guard companies were called up to...

Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the International Labor Defense, to be held Birmingham, Alabama, on May 1. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races to "Defy the terror and Jim Crow orders of the bosses" and to resist...

Letter to Governor Miller that asks how much blood African Americans have to pay in the name of white supremacy. After all the unappreciated labor -- of cooking, tilling soil, and building roads -- this anonymous writer begs that the Governor show,...

An anonymous letter sent to Governor Miller. This letter suggests that African Americans should have never come to the United States, but that the people of Alabama could "wipem all out in a few days." Whether the sender truly believes they are...

A flyer announcing a rally in Union Square, New York City, printed by the New York District International Labor Defense and sent to Governor Miller. The flyer also urges people to send telegrams to Governor Miller, Attorney General Knight, Judge...

It advertises a march from Philadelphia to Washington, to be held on April 26th, 1933, in protest against the "legal lynching" of the 9 boys. It calls for a mass protest of Negro and white workers in order to save the Scottsboro Boys.

A form resolution sent by Albert Garret to Governor Miller advocating for the release of the Scottsboro Boys, the upholding of the U.S, Constitution, and the death penalty for lynchers. This is an example of a form resolution campaign that allowed...

The writers, identified only as "the workers of Birmingham, Ala.," address Governor Miller demanding the release of the Scottsboro Boys and the right for African Americans to sit on juries and to vote.

The sender writes that his purpose is to bring to light the undeserved hatred of "Negro People South of the Mason and Dixon's line," and details some of the atrocities committed against African Americans in the South since slavery. He writes that...

A letter signed "An Alabaman" to Governor Miller. The sender writes that he or she has always loved Alabama, but loves justice more. He or she writes that the Scottsboro case has been an outrage, and that white men should realize there are greater...

The sender writes that Alabama is his or her native state, and hopes that the governor will save its "fair name." He asks the governor to do something, "if you have to take those negroes out and shoot them." The letter also includes a political...

Letter from a Southern woman living in New York to Governor Miller. Anne Pierce argues that, whether the Scottsboro Boys are guilty, their treatment in jail is "a relic of medieval torture quite indefensible." She writes that handling the youth in...

A letter from a meeting of Quakers to Governor Miller. They ask for his consideration of the Scottsboro case, as even Judge Horton had made comments about the discredibility of the evidence. They ask for the Scottsboro Boys' release and protection....

A letter to Governor Miller from an attorney. Bernard Breitbart quotes, from an article in the New York Times, an anti-Semitic comment made by prosecutor Wade Wright. Breitbart writes that attorneys know trials must be impartial and that a...